Editor's NoteProduct Focus: Wire and Cable The importance of wire and cable selection, installation and maintenance cannot be overstated. The aviation industry’s approach to the parlous state of electrical wiring can be likened to an alcoholic’s progress—stout denial,…
CommercialSafety: Pre-Emptive Pattern Analysis A nosewheel’s hard impact during a landing last year shows how pattern analysis can lead to safer practices. In this event, the analysis followed the costly incident, but the broad lesson about…
Editor's NoteIndustry Scan Enter Entegra Avidyne Corp. recently gained Federal Aviation Administration approval for its FlightMax Entegra primary flight display (PFD). The 10.4-inch display presents standard flight instrumentation, and its approval includes Avidyne’s solid state…
Editor's NoteDispersing Heat: The Problems Heat is an awkward parameter to control in an avionics system, especially if normal operation generates large amounts of it. And every part, wire and circuit board trace that has energy flowing…
Editor's NoteEditor's Note: Predicting the Recovery It is not a scientific study. Still the survey that Helios Technology conducted at the previous two Maastricht air traffic control (ATC) shows in the Netherlands is interesting, if only to gauge…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Some Tanker Background In reference to your "Smart Tanker" story (January 2003, page 18), I was hired in 1986 by McDonnell Douglas to promote new tanker avionics systems, among other things. The…
Business & GAHow Fractional Ownership Impacts Avionics Support Time was when a clear distinction existed between air transport and corporate aircraft operations. The airliners were (and still are) the workhorses that regularly carted passengers and cargo around, while the corporate…
MilitaryJoint Strike Fighter: Faster, Cheaper, Simpler Support The F-35 will take aircraft support to a new level. Imagine, for example, a combat aircraft that requires no complex troubleshooting equipment at the flight line or a logistics system that will…